Gerard Callenburgh

Gerard Callenburgh (6 December 1642-8 October 1722) was an Admiral of the United Provinces' navy.

Biography
Callenburgh first saw action during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in the 1660s, and in 1674, after the Battle of Texel, he was made a Captain. In 1688, after the Glorious Revolution in Great Britain, Callenburgh was made an admiral by the new King William III of Great Britain. In 1690 he served in the Battle of Beachy Head against the French Navy.

He fought in the War of the Spanish Succession against France and Spain, and in the 1702 Battle of Velez-Malaga, he assisted in the fight against the French fleet.